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the national rifle association reportedly spent around twenty four million dollars on congressional elections last year and even more on lobbying to an extent when even as the majority of americans as polls show support some regulation on guns gun is those yes believe no substantive legislation will be passed by the congress he is not going to be able to get anything through congress so i think that the second amendment will be ok the media in the us essentially broke into two camps each bringing all kinds of arguments against the other both sides again and again reading into the text of the second amendment or doing what proposal would or would not be infringe on the people's rights as nasty as they get sometimes but that's what a national debate should look like but one can't help asking where was that big that heated debate when other liberties were at stake in washington i'm going to check out. the u.s. senate foreign relations committee has approved president obama's nomination of john kerry as the next secretary of state was chosen to succeed hillary clinton who is stepping down after f
the national rifle association reportedly spent around twenty four million dollars on congressional elections last year and even more on lobbying to an extent when even as the majority of americans as polls show support some regulation on guns gun is those yes believe no substantive legislation will be passed by the congress he is not going to be able to get anything through congress so i think that the second amendment will be ok the media in the us essentially broke into two camps each...
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i knew him on july 7th when i went to libya to observe the elections. and at that time on july 7th, he expressed his deep and grave concerns about security particularly in benghazi. he continued to communicate with the state department and i don't know who emgs about the need for security and need for additional assistance. i will argue with facts that after that event took place, after the fall of gadhafi, the soft footprint was partially to some degree responsible for the tragedy that took place. the american people and families of these four brave americans still have not gotten the answers they deserve. i hope they will get them. >> well, senator, i understand your very strong feelings. you knew chris and friend of chris and you were one of the staunchest supporters of the efforts to dislodge gadhafi and try to give the libyan people a chance. and we just have a disagreement. we have a disagreement about what did happen and when it happened with respect to explaining the sequence of events. we did get to talk to the ds agents when they got back to t
i knew him on july 7th when i went to libya to observe the elections. and at that time on july 7th, he expressed his deep and grave concerns about security particularly in benghazi. he continued to communicate with the state department and i don't know who emgs about the need for security and need for additional assistance. i will argue with facts that after that event took place, after the fall of gadhafi, the soft footprint was partially to some degree responsible for the tragedy that took...
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working very hard on dhaka sort of rules of the road for the election and working with the afghani election commission. they are working right now want some of the computer programming and other things that are necessary in order to be able to guarantee that the voting lists are up and accurate and available. there have been meetings with potential candidates for the president with the opposition folks and others in afghanistan in an effort to be inclusive and transparent in the process and i think president karzai nose and i've said this personally to him. i've said it publicly and the press conference in the departure from kabul and i said it here in the senate as the chairman that having an acceptable the election, it's not going to be perfect, you're not going to be able to have perfection in this process, but a lot of different reasons, having an election met passes muster and is acceptable according to the international observers and the standards will be critical to our ability to have the kind of transition when one would have and to have confidence of the government succeeds in 201
working very hard on dhaka sort of rules of the road for the election and working with the afghani election commission. they are working right now want some of the computer programming and other things that are necessary in order to be able to guarantee that the voting lists are up and accurate and available. there have been meetings with potential candidates for the president with the opposition folks and others in afghanistan in an effort to be inclusive and transparent in the process and i...
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but it isn't the same election. 2010 was almost a purely ideological election, perhaps the most ideological since 1980. then you get to 2010 when you have a personality involved, and you have a figure who represents one side. romney is a good man. i like him. i think he's an honorable man. and i think he actually would have made an excellent president but he was a bad candidate, particularly in an election that could have been won had it been an election about ideas and philosophy. i think it would have been easily won had it been about ideas and philosophy. but number one, he wasn't the man, the best man on our side to make that case. and secondly, he decided not to make the case in either way, and to run on the state of the economy and not on the issue. i mean, hely ran ideologicalic -- he ran ideologically the first hour. and if he run his campaign that way he would have won and he couldn't sustain it or trust it and he subsided in the second and third debate and became passive and stuck to hoping the state of the economy would be enough to have obama dismissed on the ground of incompete
but it isn't the same election. 2010 was almost a purely ideological election, perhaps the most ideological since 1980. then you get to 2010 when you have a personality involved, and you have a figure who represents one side. romney is a good man. i like him. i think he's an honorable man. and i think he actually would have made an excellent president but he was a bad candidate, particularly in an election that could have been won had it been an election about ideas and philosophy. i think it...
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i knew him on july 7th when i went to libya to observe the elections and at that time on july 7th he expressed to me his deep and grave concerns about security, particularly in benghazi. and he continued to communicate with the state department and i don't know who else was privy of those cables about the deep concern of security there and the need for additional assistance and i will argue with facts that after that event took place, after the fall of gadhafi, the, quote, soft footprint was partially, to some degree, responsible for the tragedy that took place. the american people and the families of these four brave americans still have not gotten the answers that they deserve. i hope that they will get them. >> well, senator, i understand your very strong feelings. you knew chris, you were a friend of chris. you were one of the staunch reporters in the efforts to dislodge gadhafi and try to give the libyan people a chance and we just have a disagreement. we have a disagreement about what did happen and when it happened with respect to explaining the sequence of events. we did get
i knew him on july 7th when i went to libya to observe the elections and at that time on july 7th he expressed to me his deep and grave concerns about security, particularly in benghazi. and he continued to communicate with the state department and i don't know who else was privy of those cables about the deep concern of security there and the need for additional assistance and i will argue with facts that after that event took place, after the fall of gadhafi, the, quote, soft footprint was...
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there's lots of countries that have successful elections. we focus on those where there's a coup or other unsettling events, and we tend to not think about the places where there have been successful elections and good progress made. so all of that says to me that africa, while certainly the home of lots of challenges, is also the home of great opportunity and progress and hope. and i think that we should never forget about that as well. um, as i was mentioning to dr. scott, i've had in the almost two years i've been in command the opportunity to travel quite a bit in africa, and i've been now to 42 of the countries. it's been exciting and exhilarating, tiring at times, to be sure. it's a big place to move about. but one of the things i learned early on, a member of my staff who belongs to the u.s. foreign service gave me a list of african proverbs. he says, hey, you ought to think about these and what these men. and i found one that, to me, i think ideally captures what we at u.s. africom are trying to do. it says simply if you want to go f
there's lots of countries that have successful elections. we focus on those where there's a coup or other unsettling events, and we tend to not think about the places where there have been successful elections and good progress made. so all of that says to me that africa, while certainly the home of lots of challenges, is also the home of great opportunity and progress and hope. and i think that we should never forget about that as well. um, as i was mentioning to dr. scott, i've had in the...
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and we did get whipped in the presidential election. and that's not something that we take lightly. >> but so far, there is no consensus about how to fix them. republican national committee chairman, reince priebus, is expected to be re-elected today, after quietly making nice with ron paul supporters and heading off any challenge to his leadership. he'll call for a, quote, republican renewal, in a speech this afternoon. but the rnc committee drafting the plan for change is made up of party insiders, rather than anyone who's likely to break china. meanwhile, republican governors are griping privately and publicly that the gop in washington is doing nothing to help the republican brand, after being schooled by new jersey governor chris christie. washington republicans got a talking-to last night from louisiana governor, bobby jindal, who said the gop has to stop being a stupid party and talk like adults. >> today's conservatism is completely wrapped up in solving the hideous mess that is the federal budget. we have seemed to have an obse
and we did get whipped in the presidential election. and that's not something that we take lightly. >> but so far, there is no consensus about how to fix them. republican national committee chairman, reince priebus, is expected to be re-elected today, after quietly making nice with ron paul supporters and heading off any challenge to his leadership. he'll call for a, quote, republican renewal, in a speech this afternoon. but the rnc committee drafting the plan for change is made up of...
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four years ago, john brennan was rumored pick for the cia job when obama was first elected but was forced to withdraw from consideration amid protests over his role at the cia under the bush in ministration. obama also officially nominated chuck hagel to head defense and john kerry to become secretary of state on monday. joining us here in park city, utah, is jeremy scahill, national security correspondent for the nation magazine. he is featured in and co-wrote the new documentary, "dirty wars: the world is a battlefield." book with thest same title is due out in april. we're also joined by the director of the film, rick rowley, independent journalist with big noise films. the film premiered here at the sundance film festival in the u.s. documentary competition section. when we flew in a salt lake city last night, we went directly to the salt lake city library where there was a sold-out crowd to see a showing of "dirty wars." we want to congratulate you on this absolutely remarkable film. i think it is very appropriate to begin our four days of broadcasting here in park city on this day a
four years ago, john brennan was rumored pick for the cia job when obama was first elected but was forced to withdraw from consideration amid protests over his role at the cia under the bush in ministration. obama also officially nominated chuck hagel to head defense and john kerry to become secretary of state on monday. joining us here in park city, utah, is jeremy scahill, national security correspondent for the nation magazine. he is featured in and co-wrote the new documentary, "dirty...
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i knew him on july 7th when i went to libya to observe the elections, and at that time on july 7th he expressed to me his deep and grave concerns about security, particularly in benghazi. and he continued to communicate with the state department, and i don't know who else was privy to those cables of his deep concern about the security there and the need for additional assistance. and i will argue with facts, that after that event took place, after the fall of gadhafi the quote soft footprint was partially to some degree responsible for the tragedy that took place. the american people, and the families of these four brave americans still have not go got gotten the answers that they deserve. i hope that they will get them. >> well, senator i understand your very, very strong feelings, you knew chris, you were a friend of chris, you were one ever the staunchest supporters of the efforts to dislodge gadhafi and try to give the libyan people a chance, and we just have a disagreement. we have a disagreement about what did happen, and when it happened with respect to explaining the sequence
i knew him on july 7th when i went to libya to observe the elections, and at that time on july 7th he expressed to me his deep and grave concerns about security, particularly in benghazi. and he continued to communicate with the state department, and i don't know who else was privy to those cables of his deep concern about the security there and the need for additional assistance. and i will argue with facts, that after that event took place, after the fall of gadhafi the quote soft footprint...
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there was another election. other countries elect somebody that you do not agree with this not give us permission to walk away from their election. >> this has been a problem with our policy for decades. we were in favor of radical jihad because they were the enemy of our enemy. i see support for serious rebels. >> and any of the arms sales that the united states has engaged in that part of the world, there is always a test applied with respect to a qualitative difference in any of those weapons with respect to israel's defensive security. we do not sell and will not sell weapons that may upset that qualitative balance. >> if we sell them to egypt, we have to give them to israel. why don't we not give weapons to israel's enemies. that would save money and make it safer for israel. >> until we are at that moment where that may be achievable, maybe it would be better to try to make peace. >> would you consider supporting conditioning aid to pakistan on the release of the dr.? if we do not support informants, we wi
there was another election. other countries elect somebody that you do not agree with this not give us permission to walk away from their election. >> this has been a problem with our policy for decades. we were in favor of radical jihad because they were the enemy of our enemy. i see support for serious rebels. >> and any of the arms sales that the united states has engaged in that part of the world, there is always a test applied with respect to a qualitative difference in any of...
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the president won the election. congratulate him on his victory. it is his prerogative to lay out an agenda and to make an argument against all evidence more washington spending and centralization. it is even his prerogative to argue, mistakenly in my view, that america's richest somehow rests in its committees and voluntary associations, its churches and charities, on civil society, but instead on the dictates of washington. but to suggest to those of us and those of our constituents who believe otherwise don't really want the best interest of our parents, of our children, for our country's future is at best needlessly provocative. at worst, it suggests that troubling inability to view those who do not happen to share your opinions as beneath you. to suggest, as one of the president's spokesman did earlier this week, that both the american political system and those along to the party of lincoln are not worthy of this white house for its agenda just isn't the way to get things done. it makes it impossible to attend to problems that you simply have
the president won the election. congratulate him on his victory. it is his prerogative to lay out an agenda and to make an argument against all evidence more washington spending and centralization. it is even his prerogative to argue, mistakenly in my view, that america's richest somehow rests in its committees and voluntary associations, its churches and charities, on civil society, but instead on the dictates of washington. but to suggest to those of us and those of our constituents who...
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it was the election of the first african-american president. but i think that this question of the mill titarization of forn policy is very much at play right now. it has been for four years. it's that and the combination of special envoys, if you will, as sort of the institutional way that it happened that hillary clinton was not in charge of policy in pakistan, in afghanistan, in iraq, in israel/palestine, it was completely abandoned, that was all run through the white house. i would say those policies have all failed and i don't hold hillary clinton -- >> so that's to hillary's credit, right? >> she certainly didn't make them succeed. >> no, but listen -- >> she was wrong. >> i want you to respond right after a quick break. >> good. [ roasting firewood ] ♪ many hot dogs are within you. try pepto-bismol to-go, it's the power of pepto, but it fits in your pocket. now tell the world daniel... of pepto-bismol to-go. [ bop ] [ bop ] [ bop ] you can do that all you want, i don't like v8 juice. [ male announcer ] how about v8 v-fusion. a full ser
it was the election of the first african-american president. but i think that this question of the mill titarization of forn policy is very much at play right now. it has been for four years. it's that and the combination of special envoys, if you will, as sort of the institutional way that it happened that hillary clinton was not in charge of policy in pakistan, in afghanistan, in iraq, in israel/palestine, it was completely abandoned, that was all run through the white house. i would say...
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it exposes the weakness of the democratic party by focusing on national elections and not state elections. one of the reasons we're seeing these take place, like voter suppression laws, like when it comes to abortion and the president's health care plan, is that republicans flipped 60 legislators in 2010. democrats have got to understand, if you do not have statewide parties, if you're not running statewide, this is how you lose. howard dean talked about a 50-state strategy. if democrats don't begin to understand that, and keep letting republicans take over the house and the senate and the governors' mansions in states, we'll see more of this happening. this really is exposing the weakness of the democratic party statewide as opposed to winning nationally. >> thanks to both of you. have a wonderful weekend. >>> still to come, the french government has declared war. and i'm not talking about in mali. i am talking about on us. i will explain. hey, buddy? oh, hey, flo. you want to see something cool? snapshot, from progressive. my insurance company told me not to talk to people like you. you
it exposes the weakness of the democratic party by focusing on national elections and not state elections. one of the reasons we're seeing these take place, like voter suppression laws, like when it comes to abortion and the president's health care plan, is that republicans flipped 60 legislators in 2010. democrats have got to understand, if you do not have statewide parties, if you're not running statewide, this is how you lose. howard dean talked about a 50-state strategy. if democrats don't...
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iraq is due to hold general elections next year. they said they will appeal the legislation the change to the law was made while the opposition grows. a sniper can from two soldiers on saturday. for several weeks protesters have been demonstrating against what they saw as the secretary of policies. six people were killed while trying to march through the city. >> protesters burning tires what the main highway from iraq to jordan saying they would stay there until their demands were met. they later dissipated. they come from a funeral of six protesters who were killed by iraqi soldiers. they're saying they're being discriminated against in this country. to iraqi soldiers were shot dead at a checkpoint. they say they have withdrawn collusion and have given a over to the federal police. that is meant by a political crisis in baghdad. the parliament on saturday passed a law saying that any prime minister cannot run for a third term in and he cannot run a term for elections next year. the prime minister's office a that is unconstitutiona
iraq is due to hold general elections next year. they said they will appeal the legislation the change to the law was made while the opposition grows. a sniper can from two soldiers on saturday. for several weeks protesters have been demonstrating against what they saw as the secretary of policies. six people were killed while trying to march through the city. >> protesters burning tires what the main highway from iraq to jordan saying they would stay there until their demands were met....
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, the moderate that was elected. if you were clear-eyed shouldn't you have known that al qaeda roams freely in and around benghazi. as my friend from pennsylvania pointed out there were al qaeda flags not just at the protest but flying all over benghazi. if you were clear-eyed were you clear-eyed when the brits left benghazi because they had the attack? why did four americans die? what was so important that ambassador stevens, if he knew there was a security threat in benghazi, he went there on september 10 and 11 and gave his life for our country. what was so important for him to go to eastern libya, knowing all these threats are clear, i think you misspoke earlier when you said you didn't know of any requests that were denied for more security. june 7 email exchange between ambassador stevens and moretti, he requested an additional m.s.d. team. moretti said unfortunately m.s.d. can't support the request. there was a request made and it was denied on june 7. so madam secretary, you let the consulate become a death t
, the moderate that was elected. if you were clear-eyed shouldn't you have known that al qaeda roams freely in and around benghazi. as my friend from pennsylvania pointed out there were al qaeda flags not just at the protest but flying all over benghazi. if you were clear-eyed were you clear-eyed when the brits left benghazi because they had the attack? why did four americans die? what was so important that ambassador stevens, if he knew there was a security threat in benghazi, he went there on...
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. >> what we're celebrating is not the election or swearing in of a president. what we're doing is celebrating each other. >> and he talked about what he called the most significant event of the inaugural weekend's celebrations, his wife's new haircut. >> i love her bangs. she looks good. she always looks good. >> the celebrations won't end until late monday night when the president and first lady attend three different inaugural balls. the theme of this year's presidential inaugural is "our people, our future" was selected by the presidential inaugural committee because they say president obama draws inspiration from the citizens. i'm randall pinkston in washington, d.c. >> thank you very much. >>> well, of course, today is also the national holiday honoring martin luther king jr. and the president has said king is one of two people he admires more than anyone in american history. the other is abraham lincoln. and when he takes the oath of office today, president obama will use bibles used by both men. you can watch it all here beginning with a special three ho
. >> what we're celebrating is not the election or swearing in of a president. what we're doing is celebrating each other. >> and he talked about what he called the most significant event of the inaugural weekend's celebrations, his wife's new haircut. >> i love her bangs. she looks good. she always looks good. >> the celebrations won't end until late monday night when the president and first lady attend three different inaugural balls. the theme of this year's...
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if this election taught us anything it's that we will not win elections by pointing out the failures of the other side. we must paint how bright america's future can be. that brings me to my second point. what does this future look like? how do we win this argument? >> for starters we have to recalibrate the comp pass of conservism. we don't need to change what we believe as conservatives. we do need to reorient our focus to the place where conservatism thrivers. we must lay out the contrast between libism and our bottom up philosophy. we believe in creating abund dance. we should threat other side try to sell washington's ability to help the economy while we promote the entrepreneur. we promote the self-employed woman who is one sale away from hiring oot employee. let the democrats -- [applause] . >> we don't believe old top down industrial age government becomes a good idea just because it happens to agree with us or because we were running it. we must focus on the empowerment of citizens making really vant decisions in their communities while they sell factory sometime government
if this election taught us anything it's that we will not win elections by pointing out the failures of the other side. we must paint how bright america's future can be. that brings me to my second point. what does this future look like? how do we win this argument? >> for starters we have to recalibrate the comp pass of conservism. we don't need to change what we believe as conservatives. we do need to reorient our focus to the place where conservatism thrivers. we must lay out the...
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i asked him about the elections. i wanted to get your sense of where you see the elections go in, what efforts you can undertake to make sure they are free and fair because they become central to the next chapter in this transition. the second question as it relates to afghanistan is one that senator boxer raised. her work on this has been exemplary. an amendment we got through the national defense authorization act which would require state and defense to file a report on the efforts to promote to the security of afghan women and girls to us by way of ionization, monitoring and responding to changes in women security. secondly, improving gender sensitivity and responsiveness among the afghan security forces and increasing the recruitment and retention of women in the afghan security forces. both with regard to the election and women and girls. >> with respect to the women and girls, i had a conversation with senator boxer earlier and i committed to the ongoing significant efforts that secretary clinton has invest --
i asked him about the elections. i wanted to get your sense of where you see the elections go in, what efforts you can undertake to make sure they are free and fair because they become central to the next chapter in this transition. the second question as it relates to afghanistan is one that senator boxer raised. her work on this has been exemplary. an amendment we got through the national defense authorization act which would require state and defense to file a report on the efforts to...
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we also cannot ask hard working taxpayers to manage their own budget when elected leaders fail to do sthosme house has passed a budget each of the last two years. the other body must do theirs if we are going to control the out of control spending. for years the senate has gotten away without passing a budget but they have found time to pass laws that increase spending. s that terrible way to run a government and i support this bill which will pay for bills already obligated. we have to stophe political gamesmanship occurrg here in this town and work together to find common sense solutions to cut spending and find savings in our budget. i look forward to passing this bill that will finally hold congress accountable and begin put -- putting america on a debt repayment plan and stop future generation from paying for the mistakes of the past. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. levin: can i ask how much time is remaining on both sides. the speaker pro tempore: yes, you may. this secret from michigan has nine and a half minutes, the other secret from m
we also cannot ask hard working taxpayers to manage their own budget when elected leaders fail to do sthosme house has passed a budget each of the last two years. the other body must do theirs if we are going to control the out of control spending. for years the senate has gotten away without passing a budget but they have found time to pass laws that increase spending. s that terrible way to run a government and i support this bill which will pay for bills already obligated. we have to stophe...
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when it comes to iran, i don't think the election changes things that much. essentially this is an american-led problem. and as much as netanyahu threatens force, i think he will take the lead from president obama who has made it clear he's not going to allow iran to get nuclear weapons. the problem here is the clock is ticking as the president has said himself. and the iranians are playing around with the venue for negotiations, the timing of negotiations. and we're already heading for february without any negotiations. we thought there was going to be negotiations immediately after the president's re-election in november. and basically they've been playing around since then. meanwhile, they continue to enrich, they continue to enrich at 20% iron enriched uranium. and they put themselves closer and closer to the threshold of a nuclear weapons capability. so 2013 is going to become a critical year of decision not so much for netanyahu but barack obama on this issue. the supreme leader under the pressure of sanctions will decide to accept meaningful curbs on h
when it comes to iran, i don't think the election changes things that much. essentially this is an american-led problem. and as much as netanyahu threatens force, i think he will take the lead from president obama who has made it clear he's not going to allow iran to get nuclear weapons. the problem here is the clock is ticking as the president has said himself. and the iranians are playing around with the venue for negotiations, the timing of negotiations. and we're already heading for...
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there will be special election in late june to replace him. considering lifting its decades- long ban on gays, the boy scouts showed signs of areas to remove the band from the national organization roles. that would leave it up to the sponsoring organizations of local troops. if the national policy change is approved, it could be announced as early as next week. in washington, the senate joined the house in approving emergency relief for victims of hurricane sandy. the measure is aimed primarily at helping residents and businesses rebuild from the late october storm. the $15 billion measure will now be sent to president obama for his signature. and speaking of the president, his push for immigration reform kicks off in las vegas today. he had there to promote an overhaul of the american immigration system. a bipartisan group of censors laid out a comprehensive deals that include a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants currently in the u.s. obama plans to overhaul the nation's laws, including beefy of the border. -- beefing up the borde
there will be special election in late june to replace him. considering lifting its decades- long ban on gays, the boy scouts showed signs of areas to remove the band from the national organization roles. that would leave it up to the sponsoring organizations of local troops. if the national policy change is approved, it could be announced as early as next week. in washington, the senate joined the house in approving emergency relief for victims of hurricane sandy. the measure is aimed...
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- afghan election commission. they are working right now on some of the computer programming and other things that are necessary to be able to guarantee that the voting lists are up and accurate and available. there have been meetings with potential candidates for president with the opposition faults and others in afghanistan -- folks and others in afghanistan in an effort to be inclusive in the process. i have said it publicly and a kabul and here -- having acceptable elections -- it would not be perfect.we are not going to be able to phave perfection for a lot of reasons. but having an election that passes muster and is acceptable according to the observers and standards will be critical to our ability to have the kind of transition we want to have and to have confidence that the government that succeeds in 2014 has legitimacy. if it does not have legitimacy, if we do not succeed in in that effort, it will be difficult to convince the american people and convince our allies to stay engaged in this effort if they
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. >> rose: what happened in benghazi, and the israeli elections when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: we begin this evening with secretary of state clinton on capitol hill. lawmakers questions her earlier today about the september 11, 2012 attacks on the american consulate in benghazi, libya. four americans were killed that day, including ambassador christopher stevens. secretary clinton's testimony had been post toned until now. she took responsibility and emsized her commitment to improving diplomat security abroad. >> as i have mentioned many times i take responsibility and nobody is more committed to getting this right. i am determined to leave the state department and our country safer, stronger, and more secure. now, taking responsibility meant moving quickly in those first uncertain hours and days to respond to the immediate crisis, but, also, to further protect our people and posts in high-threat areas across the region and the world. it meant launching an independent
. >> rose: what happened in benghazi, and the israeli elections when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: we begin this evening with secretary of state clinton on capitol hill. lawmakers questions her earlier today about the september 11, 2012 attacks on the american consulate in benghazi, libya. four americans were killed that day, including ambassador christopher stevens. secretary clinton's...
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latinos have cared about it and the election showed it. >> she crossed the border from mexico with her mother when she was 11. >> when you crossed the border illegally, what do you say to people to tell you that? >> give us a chance to give back to the country. we have a lot to continue >> president obama's deferred deportation program allows those who came illegally as children to work and study in the u.s. >> it would definitely be a dream come true to become a citizen. >> she recently lived every illegal immigrant's nightmare. federal agents took her mother and brother to be deported. she posted this youtube video. >> it needs to stop. we need to do something. we need to stop separating families. >> word went out on twitter and facebook. >> one organization was able to get 18,000 petitions in a matter of 12 hours. >> she even got members of congress to call immigration authorities. her brother and mother were relisted within 24 hours. she points out, a record almost 410,000 undocumented immigrants were deported last year. >> this is why we need immigration reform. >> you think it wi
latinos have cared about it and the election showed it. >> she crossed the border from mexico with her mother when she was 11. >> when you crossed the border illegally, what do you say to people to tell you that? >> give us a chance to give back to the country. we have a lot to continue >> president obama's deferred deportation program allows those who came illegally as children to work and study in the u.s. >> it would definitely be a dream come true to become a...
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famous i have a dream speech and it's one hundred fiftieth anniversary of a mancipation proclamation the election of an african-american president signaled a massive shift in this nation's social consciousness for president obama's election victory was far from the culmination of dr king's dream so to talk about all that and more our very own man will rob lowe breaking the set caught up with reverend jesse jackson human rights activist and a personal friend of dr king earlier today take a look. it was a huge. he is talk of the in american history with tourists and different forces converge one of us thought the king's a the fourth birthday and the celebration of it as a national holiday. because of the rich he did the work he led in effect he was blooded up he was hated he was. five he was stabbed and wounded he was shot and killed and they started nine but he tore down the walls and the bricks from those walls laid the groundwork for the bridges of president barack obama run across to become the president. and the walls not come down the kind of how the brits are run across if he had been as blo
famous i have a dream speech and it's one hundred fiftieth anniversary of a mancipation proclamation the election of an african-american president signaled a massive shift in this nation's social consciousness for president obama's election victory was far from the culmination of dr king's dream so to talk about all that and more our very own man will rob lowe breaking the set caught up with reverend jesse jackson human rights activist and a personal friend of dr king earlier today take a look....
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there's no doubt but this election, in fact with the defeat for netanyahu. >> meaning what? he won the election. >> he may be the next prime minister. his party went down. >> who, yahir? >> no, netanyahu's own party went down from 42 seats to 31 seats. so his party had fewer seats. this guy came out of nowhere. his first time running for office. he got 19 seats. he became the most -- the second most important party in -- out of nowhere. so he has become the star of this thing. and netanyahu is going to have to make a deal with him. all of the politicians are splintered but it's never been like this. now netanyahu is going to have to move, if i may say so, this is now a center right. it is going to be much more pragmatic and open. >> how long is his term? >> five years, isn't it? >> it can be as much as five years but it almost never lasts five years because the coalition breaks up. >> how long do you think he will be prime minister? >> i think the next three years at least. >> what happened to ohlmert? >> in my judgment if he had been prime minister or sharon, or rabin, you
there's no doubt but this election, in fact with the defeat for netanyahu. >> meaning what? he won the election. >> he may be the next prime minister. his party went down. >> who, yahir? >> no, netanyahu's own party went down from 42 seats to 31 seats. so his party had fewer seats. this guy came out of nowhere. his first time running for office. he got 19 seats. he became the most -- the second most important party in -- out of nowhere. so he has become the star of this...
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like jim, you are not electing a moderator. you are electing a president. everybody who moderates one of these debates has to keep that in mind. to your point, you are absolutely right. we are not all getting the same stuff anymore. the only way you can be truly informed is to consult a variety of sources before you make up your own mind. >> let me add a little bit what i said. you are obviously functioning as a journalist. not in a way i would be if i were doing something on the news hour or bob was doing on cbs, or martha on abc. it is a different form with a different purpose. yes, the skills involved that i use and we used, whoever does, our basic journalism skills, you have to know what the hell is going on. you have to know how to question and listen, those are journalism skills. i did not say that very well so thank you for the opportunity to correct myself. [laughter] >> yes, please. >> i am an engineering student. one of the things i love about the debates is they serve to detach the candidates from these big campaign machines and let you see them
like jim, you are not electing a moderator. you are electing a president. everybody who moderates one of these debates has to keep that in mind. to your point, you are absolutely right. we are not all getting the same stuff anymore. the only way you can be truly informed is to consult a variety of sources before you make up your own mind. >> let me add a little bit what i said. you are obviously functioning as a journalist. not in a way i would be if i were doing something on the news...
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mitt romney or whoever the hard way in this last election so we don't we only have less than a minute left but in terms of immigration we have the dream act moving forward what lies ahead for that dream act was monumental and. set aside a path for citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants of course that fell short by a couple of votes hopefully will see it pass but once again it was a symbolic gesture at the very tail end of his presidency because he's deported more illegal immigrants than every other president and we're talking about one point four illegal immigrants that's one point five times more than bush on average i mean wow for someone who says that they're going towards immigration and last year we saw him really support students when it comes to immigration when he said if you want to give them more rights what we're also seeing is him talking about ramping up border patrol the fact is that immigration the face of it is changing it's not necessarily people coming from latin america it's people coming from asia they've overtaken that kind of role so we know that imm
mitt romney or whoever the hard way in this last election so we don't we only have less than a minute left but in terms of immigration we have the dream act moving forward what lies ahead for that dream act was monumental and. set aside a path for citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants of course that fell short by a couple of votes hopefully will see it pass but once again it was a symbolic gesture at the very tail end of his presidency because he's deported more illegal immigrants...
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a man is elected commander in chief and he gets to make those decisions. the american people voted him into office again, and in some ways the president is absolute rights is just he has a mandate in these areas. the real question is the impact that these decisions have on the threat environment that the united states is in. for most of history we don't talk about this very much. we have maintained a strong military, not so that we can buy, so that we can not fight. it is a point i think that tom made which is important, it is i want to segue to fred, is to understand what it is that is involved in a military operation. fred has just finished a very important piece of work, i should a shorter longer, an interactive piece on the web that i know we be happy to share with folks that explains just what it is that we can do with particular numbers of troops we have as the president makes critical decisions about afghanistan but it's not just about warfighters and bureaucrats in d.c. fighting a war is a big logistical exercise. fred, do want to talk about that a
a man is elected commander in chief and he gets to make those decisions. the american people voted him into office again, and in some ways the president is absolute rights is just he has a mandate in these areas. the real question is the impact that these decisions have on the threat environment that the united states is in. for most of history we don't talk about this very much. we have maintained a strong military, not so that we can buy, so that we can not fight. it is a point i think that...
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, the moderate that was elected. if you were clear-eyed shouldn't you have known that al qaeda roams freely in and around benghazi. as my friend from pennsylvania pointed out there were al qaeda flags not just at the protest but flying all over benghazi. if you were clear-eyed were you clear-eyed when the brits left benghazi because they had the attack? why did four americans die? what was so important that ambassador stevens, if he knew there was a security threat in benghazi, he went there on september 10 and 11 and gave his life for our country. what was so important for him to go to eastern libya, knowing all these threats are clear, i think you misspoke earlier when you said you didn't know of any requests that were denied for more security. june 7 email exchange between ambassador stevens and moretti, he requested an additional m.s.d. team. moretti said unfortunately m.s.d. can't support the request. there was a request made and it was denied on june 7. so madam secretary, you let the consulate become a death t
, the moderate that was elected. if you were clear-eyed shouldn't you have known that al qaeda roams freely in and around benghazi. as my friend from pennsylvania pointed out there were al qaeda flags not just at the protest but flying all over benghazi. if you were clear-eyed were you clear-eyed when the brits left benghazi because they had the attack? why did four americans die? what was so important that ambassador stevens, if he knew there was a security threat in benghazi, he went there on...
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but because of election, today governments across the middle east and egypt, tunisia, lebanon, palestine, turkey, iraq are on no longer pro-american or anti-iranian. they are all pursuing at least independent foreign policies, which are by definition much less to see a stick about strategic cooperation with the united states and much more open to the islamic republic of iran. simply put, today relatively speaking the united states is in a profoundly weaker position in the middle east and the sonic republic of iran is in a significantly stronger position. this essentially have been because there is a dramatic shift in the middle east onto power. in our book, "going to tehran," we describe how part of this shift has been as occurring is because of mistakes and american policies in the middle east. but we also describe in our book that part of what is going on a something vastly underappreciated in the last, which are the successes of the islamic republic of iran, which are also driving a shift in the regional balance of power. we arguing about these two are inextricably linked. the success
but because of election, today governments across the middle east and egypt, tunisia, lebanon, palestine, turkey, iraq are on no longer pro-american or anti-iranian. they are all pursuing at least independent foreign policies, which are by definition much less to see a stick about strategic cooperation with the united states and much more open to the islamic republic of iran. simply put, today relatively speaking the united states is in a profoundly weaker position in the middle east and the...
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./ (dwyer) "i think it's imporant that aa an elected fficial that i be transparent in those issues that we're dealinn it's aa times intimidatinn - ssmewhat to ddal with these issues puulicly as i have, butt i think it's important, it's important for me as far as my recovery is concerned, and i thiik it's imporrant for people that ight be struggling with tte issue of alcoholism and drinking." drinking."dwyee still plans to run for re-electionnext year. 3 it's been 12 earr since the ravens last made thh uper bowl...today, was their ffrst practice since winninn he afc . chammionship...bruce cunningham joins ussnow as the purple and black get ready or their biggest game in morr than a decade...bruce... brucc...the ravens are back to wwrk..after taking the last squared away forthe super bow, preparations began in earnest when you get to the super bbwl, themedia contigent gets biggerr..aalot bigger...over 100 media yyes were oo hand...doubletheeusuall..the peekennand then fly to new he - orleans on monday...only one man was in uniform the aat time theravens made the super bowl..and toddyyray
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afghan election commission. they're working right now on some of the computer programming and other things that are necessary in order to be able to guarantee that the voting lists are up and accurate and available. there have been meetings with potential candidates for president with the opposition folks and others in afghanistan. in an effort to be inclusive and transparent in the process. and i think president karzai knows. i've said this personally to him. i've said it publicly in a press conference in departure from kabul and aye said it here in the senate as chairman, that having a -- an acceptable election, not going to be perfect, not going to be able to have perfection in this process, for a lot of different reasons. but having an election that passes muster and is acceptable according to international observers and standards, will be critical to our ability to have the kind of transition we want to have and to have confidence that the government that succeeds in 2014 has legitimacy. if it doesn't have
afghan election commission. they're working right now on some of the computer programming and other things that are necessary in order to be able to guarantee that the voting lists are up and accurate and available. there have been meetings with potential candidates for president with the opposition folks and others in afghanistan. in an effort to be inclusive and transparent in the process. and i think president karzai knows. i've said this personally to him. i've said it publicly in a press...
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jordan is left divided with only parliamentary elections and for two years of arab spring unrest in the country amid a slew of accusations the government has hijacked the vote. and links emerged between internet freedom activist aaron swartz and we keep leaks surprise revelations about him surface after his suicide under pressure from a massive criminal case. around the world online on screen live for money center here in moscow this is r.t. with the twenty four hours a day. britain has been promised a referendum on ditching the e.u. although it's subject to prime minister david cameron's political fortunes in the next election finally delivering his long awaited speech the prime minister valid to win a special deal for u.k. from brussels while blasting the block for snuffing out diversity and disagreement . in london this isnt it. did pledge to hold a referendum on whether britain should be able to leave the e.u. if the conservatives win the next general election in twenty fifteen and then he went on to warn that it was likely that britain could head for the exit if he was unable to re
jordan is left divided with only parliamentary elections and for two years of arab spring unrest in the country amid a slew of accusations the government has hijacked the vote. and links emerged between internet freedom activist aaron swartz and we keep leaks surprise revelations about him surface after his suicide under pressure from a massive criminal case. around the world online on screen live for money center here in moscow this is r.t. with the twenty four hours a day. britain has been...
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the opposition will have an opportunity in another election happening within a matter of months. the demonstrators are making it clear they are not satisfied with the way the country is transforming. they are not convinced the government is acting in their interests. at the same time, they cannot deny there has been an ongoing democratic process in which the bulk of the people who have voted have voted for the government in power. those opposed will have an opportunity and if you most about the polls again and try and get the government they want in power. >> thank you so much for updating us on the protest. let's bring in a few more pictures and sights and sounds from tahrir square. that is the nerve center of the revolution that overthrew the former dictator. it is different now. egyptian society has had quite a few democratic protests. some are protests in the new government formed after the revolution. an airplane carrying japanese survivors and bodies of some killed last week returned to tokyo. the aircraft was greeted with a solemn ceremony. the prime minister held a moment
the opposition will have an opportunity in another election happening within a matter of months. the demonstrators are making it clear they are not satisfied with the way the country is transforming. they are not convinced the government is acting in their interests. at the same time, they cannot deny there has been an ongoing democratic process in which the bulk of the people who have voted have voted for the government in power. those opposed will have an opportunity and if you most about the...
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i think it meant something to some of the more thoughtful readers that i read shortly after the election of president obama discussed the possibility that now finally we can move forward because they recognize this nation is capable of not only embracing blacks as americans, but electing a black man to be the leader of the most powerful nation on the planet. so i was hopeful, but it didn't last long. it's a lot of things like that that pop up. it had it not more theory than actual practical meaning. >> host: in your view, does the republican party have a responsibility to reach out to african-americans? >> guest: yes, they do. i think they fail to be quite honest. i was disappointed to hear that representative alan west from florida had a meeting on capitol hill with a group of black conservatives and invited the national committee and they didn't show out. by the pragmatic side of me understands they feel that they're going to invest time in building an electoral coalition, they probably are went to get a whole lot out of work in the black community. it is a person the political arena a
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israel goes to the polls in parliamentary elections but a lack of viable competition and a widespread feeling netanyahu is set for reelection has left many voters this enchanted with a system. well i am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshing al qaeda linked militants who claimed to be behind the deadly hostage taking in algeria are promising more attacks on westerners in response to french intervention in mali at least thirty seven foreign nationals including french british and americans were killed during the terrorist siege of the gas plant that was stormed by forces at the weekend algerian officials say the militants used weapons gathered in another african state libya large stockpiles of arms were smuggled from there in the chaos that followed the western backed toppling of the khadafi regime as our boy explains the recent surge of violence in africa comes as a consequence of western states previous involvement in the regions. that very very few wanted peace you wanted freedom you wanted economic progress france great britain europe will always stand by
israel goes to the polls in parliamentary elections but a lack of viable competition and a widespread feeling netanyahu is set for reelection has left many voters this enchanted with a system. well i am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshing al qaeda linked militants who claimed to be behind the deadly hostage taking in algeria are promising more attacks on westerners in response to french intervention in mali at least thirty seven foreign nationals including french...
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in the elections taking place in jordan that's a power parliamentary parliamentary elections now it is being boycotted by the largest opposition party there the muslim brotherhood it's a first time the prime minister will be chosen and not appointed by the king but the opposition claims it's an intimidation campaign so all islamists are not fighting for votes they are promising mass street protests and as artie's losing half an hour reports it might well result in the kind of unrest the kingdom managed to avoid during the arab spring beneath the calm facade here in jordan is a simmering crisis the kingdom has remained relatively stable amid the wave of regimes falling in the arab spring wednesday's parliamentary elections are part of the reform efforts undertaken by the government in an attempt to quell popular dissatisfaction. i'm optimistic that our political system has taken a big step forward if a parliament wants to enjoy respect to the very first thing it needs is to be elected as a result of the fair election that's what our future parliament is going to be. but a balanced parli
in the elections taking place in jordan that's a power parliamentary parliamentary elections now it is being boycotted by the largest opposition party there the muslim brotherhood it's a first time the prime minister will be chosen and not appointed by the king but the opposition claims it's an intimidation campaign so all islamists are not fighting for votes they are promising mass street protests and as artie's losing half an hour reports it might well result in the kind of unrest the kingdom...
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we have some very key senate elections that are coming forth. a lot of states like colorado, louisiana, arkansas. i think that you are seeing right now silence is golden. i think this is nothing but more campaignish. >> did the senate beat president obama to the punch because there are going to be claims of leader help here? who is leading? eight senators or president obama? >> the senators clearly tries to jump the gun and get ahead of the president on this. they were effective in doing that. but i think the president comes to this from -- he wants consensus, that's his mind-set to begin with. so i don't think he's going to take it personally that they jumped ahead of him a bit. i think he sees that this is more of an historic opportunity than ever before. >> but noelle, why go to las vegas, $1.6 million, a nine-hour plane ride? why go all the way to las vegas to give this speech? >> that's what i mean. you know, even me, sitting here criticizing that, they are going to look like we -- you know, we are always against the president. we are again
we have some very key senate elections that are coming forth. a lot of states like colorado, louisiana, arkansas. i think that you are seeing right now silence is golden. i think this is nothing but more campaignish. >> did the senate beat president obama to the punch because there are going to be claims of leader help here? who is leading? eight senators or president obama? >> the senators clearly tries to jump the gun and get ahead of the president on this. they were effective in...
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election, the choice change in power, and you have iranian elections coming up. so it suggests that, you know, no matter how debates go, there are always new forces entering them which can have now agendas and new responsibilities and you never know how any of that might change, and that's what makes it so interesting. thank you, michael gordon. thank you david ignatius. >> thanks, charlie,. >> thank you. israel went to the polls yesterday "p" benjamin netanyahu'slitude party lost major ground joining me is dennis ross, counselor at the washington institute for nearest policy. david remnick, editor of the "the new yorker" magazine. he wrote last week's cover story. and mort zuckerman, editor in chief of "us news & world report." and the owner of the "new york daily news." and i am pleased to have all of them on this program. so my question is to each of you, what happened? >> well, the yair lapid victory, or near victory, or coming in second i think is a reaction-- he's a centrist. he's not center-left. he sits on kind of the right side of the center. he's a tv f
election, the choice change in power, and you have iranian elections coming up. so it suggests that, you know, no matter how debates go, there are always new forces entering them which can have now agendas and new responsibilities and you never know how any of that might change, and that's what makes it so interesting. thank you, michael gordon. thank you david ignatius. >> thanks, charlie,. >> thank you. israel went to the polls yesterday "p" benjamin netanyahu'slitude...